Headlight



(No Model.)

' A. H'. HANDLAN, Jr.

HEADLIGHT.

No. 504,214. Patentd Aug. 29, 1893.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDER H. HANDLAN, JR, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

HEADLIGHT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 504,214, dated August29, 1893.

Application filed April 5, 1893- Serial No. 469,091- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER H. HAND- LAN, J r., of the city of St.Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Headlights, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to an attachment for head-lights, more particularlyintended for street-car use, but which may be used for other purposes;and the object of my invention is to provide for the easy and readyattachment and detachment of a colored lens or bulls-eye to the face ofthe head-light, so that any desired color of signal may be given by theuse only of the lamp of the head-light; or, by removing the lens orbulls-eye, the head-lighs can be used Without any signal.

My invention consists in features of novelty hereinafter fully describedand pointed out in the claims.

Figure I is a front elevation of a head-light provided with myattachment. Fig. II is an enlarged, detail, top View, showing part ofthe head-light, and the attachment. Fig. III is an enlarged detailelevation, showing part of the head-light and the attachment with thelens removed. Fig. IV is an enlarged, vertical section, taken on lineIV-IV, Fig.1.

Referring to the drawings,1 represents the case of the head-light,having the usual rim 2, and glass 3.

Secured to the rim 2 and projecting in front of the glass 3 is a holder4, consisting, preferably, of a ring 5 secured to the rim.2, by means ofwings 6. The ring 5 has pins or projections 7.

8 represents a colored lens or bulls-eye, having the usual flange orcollar 9, in which it is held. The collar or flange 9 is adapted to fitover the ring 5, as shown in Fig. IV, and the flange or collar hasbayonet slots 10 for engaging the pins 7, and has also a spring catch 11for engaging one of the pins when the lens has been adjusted to itsposition. The pins 7, slots 10, and spring 11 form the usual bayonetjoint attachment. The holder 4 is permanently attached to thehead-light, and the lens or bulls-eye being removably attached to theholder, any desired color of lens may be readily and quickly applied, orthe head-light may be used without any lens.

The head-light is well adapted for streetcar use; and a companyoperating more than one road, having difierent signal colors, or acompany operating a road having a number of branches with differentsignal colors, can use the head-lights for the different branches, ordifferent roads, by simply placing the proper colored lens onto thehead-light.

The attachment is very inexpensive, and when it is desired to use thehead-lights without displaying a colored signal, the holder does notinterfere with the proper working of the head-light.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination, with a headlight having aring 2 and a glass 3 of a holder 4 consisting of a ring 5 having wings6, and the collar 9 fitted on the ring of the holder, and a lens 8;substantially as described.

2. A headlight attachment consisting of the holder 4 having a ring 5provided with wings 6 and the pins 7, and the collar 9 havingbayonet-slots 10, the spring catch 11, and a lens 8, substantially asdescribed.

ALEXANDER H. HANDLAN, J R.

In presence of- ALBERT M. EBERSOLE, E. S. KNIGHT.

